Jurga Kalinauskaite

Photographer, journalist, curious wanderer.

Ulver – Trolsk Sortmetall 1993 – 1997

Norwegian band, Ulver been here for quite a while – 21 years. During all this time they have moved from one genre to another, looking out for themselves, released 13 studio albums, changed their line-up and built a great fan base. Nowadays Ulver are known as an ambient/avant-garde/electronica project with …

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Hanzel Und Gretyl – Black Forest Metal

It became quite fashionable for industrial/EBM bands to go more and more aggressive – more metal. Hanzel Und Gretyl is no exception. They started their metal approach some time earlier and when 2014 knocked on the door they were already working on the new album. This new Dark and heavy …

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Solstafir – Audio, Glasgow – 30/10/2014

Autumn and winter are definitely seasons of great music events. Take the Solstafir tour, for example.  These Icelandic guys did not miss the chance to visit Scotland as well, so a Glasgow gig was a must. It was announced, that they would come here together with Spanish conquistadors Obsidian Kingdom …

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Electric Six – Human Zoo

If you ever feel little down, there is this American crazy rocker team, you could turn to. Just add Electric Six to your playlist . This band formed in 1996 and reached mainstream success with the “Danger! High Voltage” and “Gay Bar” singles in 2003. Ten years have passed since then …

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Damnation 2014 Festival Preview by Jurga

The 10th Damnation festival (which is already totally sold out!) is coming up rapidly and so in very few days the marathon of metal in Leeds will begin. Many visitors will go there for at least one of the headlining bands – Bolt Thrower, Cannibal Corpse or Saint Vitus. Some …

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In Flames – Glasgow – 17/10/14

It’s a busy Friday night in Glasgow, and I find myself on Sauchiehall Street lined with hundreds of restaraunts serving food from around the world, trendy wine bars and fantastic shops. But none of these things interest me this evening. The mass of bodies snaking away from the from door …

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Anaal Nathrakh – Desideratum

Two years since their last album, called “Vanitas”, British extreme metal duo Anaal Nathrakh are releasing yet another brand new full-length album. “Desideratum” is already the 8th studio album during the 16 years of Anaal Nathrakh’s existence. There are many ways one can describe Anaal Nathrakh’s music and none of …

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Destruction – Audio, Glasgow – 10/10/2014

.@destruction , @EvilInvadersBE , @LostSocietyFI show reviewed by @AnybodyBC for @Planetmosh The Thrash metal party was back in town! The heavy armada of thrash metallers hit the Glasgow on the perfect time – Friday’s evening. Audio club was sweating, moshing, drinking loads of beer and and totally destroying the place …

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Black Moth – Garage Attic, Glasgow – 05/10/2014

.@blackmothmusic @LimbtheBand gig reviewed by @AnybodyBC for @Planetmosh With just less than one month until the mighty autumn indoors event in Leeds – Damnation festival some of the bands, who are going to show up there, are touring, so one has a possibility to check them in more intimate atmosphere …

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Revocation – Deathless

.@Planetmosh @AnybodyBC reviews “Deathless” by @Revocation The year of 2014 is definitely very productive for so many metal bands – so many to choose from picking up the best ones of the year. After the first couple of times listening to the brand new full-length album from the Revocation camp, …

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Electric Boys – The Classic Grand, Glasgow – 21/09/2014

.@TheElectricBoys @BadTouchrocks @RankBerryUk gig at @ theclassicgrand reviewed by @AnybodyBC for @Planetmosh   The Classic Grand and some good old classic hard rock – that was for the dinner on Sunday night in Glasgow. Swedish rockers Electric Boys hit the town together with fancy looking Bad Touch from Dereham and …

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Falls of Rauros – Believe In No Coming Shore

.@Planetmosh @AnybodyBC reviews “Believe In No Coming Shore” by Falls of Rauros via @NordvisOfficial The first thing comes to one’s mind when listening to Falls of Rauros is the epic “Lord of the Rings” saga. Obviously, it was the source of their  inspiration but this time it is also atmospheric …

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Cryptopsy – Audio, Glasgow – 02/09/2014

.@mtrcd @JungleRot, Cryptopsy & Disgorge show at @AudioGlasgow reviewed by @AnybodyBC for @Planetmosh It has become the tradition to have at least one neck-cracking metal gig at the beginning of each week of the week. The first week of September was not the exception. This week it was Cryptopsy who …

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